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Wild Day at City Hall as Council Blocks Social Housing from Ballot, Shuts Down Meeting, Retreats to Their Offices to Approve New Jail Contract - PubliCola (publicola.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Seattle City Council delayed a vote on an initiative, I-137, to fund social housing, citing unspecified legal concerns, on Tuesday. The council’s last-minute maneuver prevents the measure from going onto the ballot in November, when progressive voter turnout is likely to be high. A majority of the council appears to oppose the measure, which would impose a 5% tax, paid by employers, on employee compensation above $1 million a year.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

God damn they are so fucking terrible. Incompetent, cowardly and narcissistic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Well, yeah. It's obviously better to spend even more money in the long-term constantly chasing and harassing the homeless with police. We just don't have money for solutions, which is why we're going to spend even more money on non-solutions.